Local News

The local Artist “Roxxy” who represents the islands of Anguilla, St.Martin, St.Maarten was featured on Caribbean Entertainment news Tempo on Sunday January 15th 2012. The feature aired 7 times on Sunday and will have a fallow up part 2 interview next week Sunday.

Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, told reporters on Tuesday, this week, that he had signed the provisional warrant, thus enabling a number of Government workers to receive their weekly wages. He had delayed signing the warrant for one week, saying his action was “to bring pressure on the British Government” for not giving timely approval of the 2012 budget.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Hubert Hughes, is to receive EC$40, 000 for telephone calls he made while serving in that position twelve years ago.

Rising criminal activity and youth-on- youth violence in Anguilla question the effectiveness and relevance of the church in influencing the moral direction of its community.

Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, has told civil servants that the reason for his delay in signing the provisional warrant was to bring pressure on the British Government. He was at the time addressing the Anguilla public servants at a meeting at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium on Thursday, January 5.

During this week there was a major community effort to clean the Island Harbour pond fill of much overgrowth as well as sludge caused by the recent heavy rain and flooding.

After two successful performances in Anguilla, the St. Augustine’s Chorale, under the directorship of Lennox Vanterpool, travelled to St. Maarten on Sunday, January 8, to perform at St. Simon and St. Jude Anglican Church on Back Street, Philipsburg.

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) programme, an initiative of the Royal Anguilla Police Force, now in its fifth year, began its 2012 training sessions this week following the reopening of schools.

Chairman of the Anguilla Security Board, Thomas Astaphan, announced three donations on Tuesday this week, as part of a number of commemorative activities during the course of the year, to mark its 30th Anniversary.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, told reporters on Tuesday that he would delay signing a Provisional Budget for a week. He claimed that this would jeopardise the Government’s chances of receiving budgetary support from the European Development Fund.

The Anguilla airspace was not only filled with increased passenger traffic due to the busy Christmas holiday period, but also by a number of the incoming flights, particularly by WINAIR, for refueling.

Beyond the conventional
Over the Festive season, Viceroy Anguilla laid on a seemingly endless array of activities for guests to experience and treats for them to enjoy - taking the resort ‘beyond the conventional hotel’ as Viceroy guests were paying up to $15,000 per night.

The Executive Council has authorised the Attorney General’s Chambers to seek legal advice from Anthony Astaphan, a Dominica-based Lawyer, on behalf on behalf of the Anguilla Government, with regard to theimplications of discontinuing the deferred payments to public servants and other Government officials.

Police in Anguilla are in touch with their counterparts in Dutch St. Maarten in connection with the arrests there of a number of residents of Anguilla on New Year’s Day.

Founder, director and song writer of British Dependency),an Anguillian dance band, Davon Carty, and Leader, Juel Richardson, have reported that the band is doing exceptionally well not only in local entertainment, but in representing the island abroad as well.

Under the umbrella of the Freemasons Association of Anguilla which encompasses seven Masonic Lodges and Chapters working on Anguilla, members donated $1,000.00 (US) in groceries to five families in the Blowing Point community. The donations of food and other supplies will go a long way in ensuring that families in our community will be able to have a blessed holiday season.

The National Bank of Anguilla Ltd has announced the winners of its 2011 Christmas Promotion which was launched on December 1, 2011. The Bank sought to reward three lucky NBA Cheque Card Customers for using any of the Bank’s ATM during the period of December 1st – 21st, 2011.

The New Year opened with a providential change of location for the No-Walls Church of Hope. From its former site upstairs of the English Rose Restaurant building in The Valley, the church has now moved to the heart of The Farrington.

Instead of Sabbath service as usual on December 31, 2011, members of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Anguilla were knocking on doors distributing New Year's cards.

Cuisinart Golf Resort and Spa in Anguilla climaxed its 2011 tourism and community events with a “holiday glam” activity which spanned the closing hours of Old Year’s night (December 31) and the beginning of the New Year (January, 2012).